About Sanjaya Rodrigo
Born 1979. Sanjaya Rodrigo is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
Sanjaya Rodrigo (born 27 February 1979) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for several domestic teams in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2006. He was also a part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
He was the first batsman in a Twenty20 (T20) to carry his bat in any form of T20 cricket when he did so in 2005 in a domestic T20 match, where he was unbeaten on 16 in the team's total of just 85. To date he is the only Sri Lankan cricketer to carry his bat in a T20 match. His innings of 16 not out is also the lowest score by any batsman in T20 cricket when carrying his bat through the innings.
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Sanjaya Rodrigo was born on 27 February 1979 in Galle.
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Sanjaya Rodrigo is a cricketer.
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Sanjaya Rodrigo is Sri Lankan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sanjaya Rodrigo. https://biography.guide/sanjaya-rodrigo/
MLA: "Sanjaya Rodrigo." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/sanjaya-rodrigo/.
Chicago: "Sanjaya Rodrigo." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/sanjaya-rodrigo/.
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